Synchronous Learning Opportunities

Connect & Collaborate​

Academic Leaders do their best work when they can connect with colleagues across schools to share goals, challenges, and successes.

Peer Cohorts, Weekly Webinars and Monthly Meetups, which are included with a school’s membership, offer Academic Leaders the chance to gather for informal conversations on topics they have in common with peers in similar roles in schools across the country.

Summer Book Club

  • The Art of Gathering

    The Art of Gathering transforms how Academic Leaders design meaningful interactions, offering proven strategies to elevate routine meetings into purposeful experiences that drive authentic connection and institutional impact.

    June 18 at 11am ET

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  • 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People

    10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People equips Academic Leaders with research-backed techniques to transform student engagement by combining high expectations with empathetic support, leveraging adolescents' natural drive for social recognition to foster achievement and development.

    June 25 at 11am ET

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  • The Good Fight

    The Good Fight shows Academic Leaders how to transform institutional conflict from a liability into a strategic asset, providing practical tools to leverage disagreement for innovation while strengthening organizational relationships and outcomes.

    July 9 at 11am ET

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  • Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

    Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit equips Academic Leaders with the essential framework to balance AI's transformative potential against its profound institutional challenges, providing indispensable guidance for navigating this technological revolution.

    July 16 at 11am ET

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  • The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership

    Are you aspiring to move into a leadership role within your school, or have you recently stepped into a new leadership position? Join One Schoolhouse President & CEO, Brad Rathgeber, and fellow independent school Academic Leaders in a collaborative, two-part series to explore The Leap to Leader by Adam Bryant.

    July 15 & July 29 at 1pm ET

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  • Summer Reading Kickoff

    Join us for the launch of our Summer Reading where we’ll introduce four engaging titles that dive into some of the most compelling timely and enduring issues for Academic Leaders.

    May 21 at 2pm ET

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  • Summer Reading ICYMI Wrap Up

    If you can't make it to your book's scheduled discussion (or want to talk more) join us for our comprehensive Wrap Up session covering all the books.

    July 30 at 11am ET

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Generative AI Workshop & Meetups

  • Workshop: Generative AI Fundamentals for Academic Leaders

    Join us for an engaging 90-minute Zoom hands-workshop designed to equip Academic Leaders with a foundational understanding of Generative AI. Whether you're brand-new to Generative AI or looking to deepen your initial understanding, this session will provide valuable insights and practical strategies to enhance your leadership capabilities. This session will NOT be recorded.

    July 10 at 1pm ET

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  • Meetup: Generative AI Policies & Practices

    Join our monthly meetup for discussions of how your peers are approaching Generative AI in terms of policies and practical application.

    July 17 at 2pm ET

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  • Meetup: Generative AI Policies & Practices

    Join our monthly meetup for discussions of how your peers are approaching Generative AI in terms of policies and practical application.

    August 21 at 2pm ET

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  • ​Sam McCoy

    Assistant Middle School Head for Curriculum & Professional Learning, Sacred Heart Greenwich

    “As a current department chair moving into an assistant division head role, I found the Preparing to Lead a Mission-Aligned Curriculum Audit course to be quite valuable in terms of giving me a starting point for thinking about broader curriculum work. I especially enjoyed reading about the experiences of peers at other schools, to hear what did and did not work for them when they engaged in similar work.”

  • Eric Walters

    Director of STEM Education, Marymount School of New York

    "Once again, One Schoolhouse and the Association for Academic Leaders deliver on its promise of robust professional development. I leave the Onboarding (and Keeping) New Faculty course with a new, inspiring perspective on faculty onboarding."

  • Sam McCoy

    Assistant Middle School Head for Curriculum & Professional Learning, Sacred Heart Greenwich

    “As a current department chair moving into an assistant division head role, I found the Preparing to Lead a Mission-Aligned Curriculum Audit course to be quite valuable in terms of giving me a starting point for thinking about broader curriculum work. I especially enjoyed reading about the experiences of peers at other schools, to hear what did and did not work for them when they engaged in similar work.”

  • Eric Walters

    Director of STEM Education, Marymount School of New York

    "Once again, One Schoolhouse and the Association for Academic Leaders deliver on its promise of robust professional development. I leave the Onboarding (and Keeping) New Faculty course with a new, inspiring perspective on faculty onboarding."